[AntiBrok3rs]

This list I heavily redacted the folder names from since the names are too personalized.

The SS you are seeing is NOT the data, this is just my database of links telling me where data was and what I downloaded.

So imagine having files with this header:

BucketURL,FileEXT,FileSize,FileDate

The picture you are seeing is my database of files I discovered on AWS, Azure, Digital Ocean and many other cloud services.

I remove certain file extensions from these databases like image files, pdf, etc

Once I locate the files of interest then my system auto downloads every one and sends to encrypted hdd, and encrypted cloud storage.

There are many cloud services who's door has been left wide open for he past five years, and where they add files on a daily basis.

I am talking about major companies who make a living selling data, yet their storage service if you know the links or the pattern you can get the daily updates of new data!

No hacking involved in the process, no authentication of any kind, just know the where and you have it.

Do not ask me for help, or tell you how I do it or  my  setup, it is my trade secret!

[termit]

In this form you have to remember most of the information. It is not productive.

[DredgenSun]

So you're just auto farming cloud hosted data?

[AntiBrok3rs]

So you're just auto farming cloud hosted data?

Yes, but I have a special setup, where it can auto detect which files have content of value.

Meaning no need to download say csv, txt, xml, json etc files which do not contain specific type of information

Setup is 90% automated

[DredgenSun]

So you're just auto farming cloud hosted data?

Yes, but I have a special setup, where it can auto detect which files have content of value.

Meaning no need to download say csv, txt, xml, json etc files which do not contain specific type of information

Setup is 90% automated

Do you have something like an OCR solution for files like Jpeg & pdf?

[AntiBrok3rs]

So you're just auto farming cloud hosted data?

Yes, but I have a special setup, where it can auto detect which files have content of value.

Meaning no need to download say csv, txt, xml, json etc files which do not contain specific type of information

Setup is 90% automated

Do you have something like an OCR solution for files like Jpeg & pdf?

With the amount of pure databases, and data I find, processing jpg, and pdf not worth my time or resources, I simply archive them for the "just in case" issues

[azdfgaAG]

this is theft, not some clever hack. you're just taking advantage of careless setups, and it's illegal.

[DredgenSun]

So you're just auto farming cloud hosted data?

Yes, but I have a special setup, where it can auto detect which files have content of value.

Meaning no need to download say csv, txt, xml, json etc files which do not contain specific type of information

Setup is 90% automated

Do you have something like an OCR solution for files like Jpeg & pdf?

With the amount of pure databases, and data I find, processing jpg, and pdf not worth my time or resources, I simply archive them for the "just in case" issues

Ahhhh, i see! You definitely got a clever setup going for sure!

[ThinkingOne]

this is theft, not some clever hack. you're just taking advantage of careless setups, and it's illegal.

It sounds like you live in Upsy Down Town. You have it backwards.

A clever hack, in just about every case, is illegal. If you connect to a server, use a hack, and access a file you weren't authorized to have, you've broken the law (at least in the U.S.).

If a company stores data in the cloud and checks off the box "allow the public access to these files", it is 100% legal to download unless there is a law specifying otherwise. The computer hacking laws in the U.S. require that your access was unauthorized. It doesn't matter whether the company hands an employee a notarized letter saying they have authorization, or if they are lazy and use the default "authorize access to the public" setting of a cloud service.

For someone that feels the need to make sure they do not cross the barrier from what is legal into what is not, this is very important to be aware of. Downloading the entire contents of an open bucket may (or may not) be morally wrong, but it is legal (with certain exceptions, of course).

[En3ronthegreat]

That is definitely a clever setup and a good strategy to go around rules. Do you sell it as a kit?